ActiveGate purposes and functionality
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An ActiveGate can be used for three different use cases, which we refer to as purposes:
Each purpose comes with a different subset of functional modules. Modules should not be mixed between purposes—such re-configuration is not supported.
Functionality available for the routing-monitoring ActiveGates
Functionality marked with Dynatrace Classic is superseded in Latest Dynatrace. Use the solution listed in Functionality superseded in Latest Dynatrace instead of the corresponding ActiveGate module.
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OneAgent routing |
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OneAgent routing |
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Memory dumps Dynatrace Classic | Memory dumps |
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AWS monitoring Dynatrace Classic | AWS |
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Cloud Foundry monitoring Dynatrace Classic | Cloud Foundry |
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Azure monitoring Dynatrace Classic | Azure |
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Oracle database insights Dynatrace Classic | Database insights |
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Monitoring virtualized infrastructure Dynatrace Classic | VMware |
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REST API |
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Log Monitoring |
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HTTP Metric API |
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OTLP Ingest |
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Log Monitoring |
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Beacon forwarder |
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Debugging |
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Extensions |
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Log ingest API endpoint is supported on containerized ActiveGate in a number of supported Kubernetes flavours when provisioned with Dynatrace Operator. Since ActiveGate uses file buffers, persistent storage is recommended to prevent data loss during restarts or rescheduling
We recommend Dynatrace OTel Collector as an alternative, as it has a Syslog receiver provided by default.
Functionality superseded in Latest Dynatrace
In Latest Dynatrace, several use cases previously covered by ActiveGate modules are now addressed by newer solutions such as cloud platform integrations, extensions, and dedicated apps. These solutions reflect ongoing innovation and offer broader coverage with less setup. Use the solution listed below instead of the corresponding ActiveGate module. For ActiveGates connected to Dynatrace tenants in Group 3 (Enhanced), the superseded modules are blocked from loading and will not execute. ActiveGate itself and all other modules continue to start and run as usual.
| ActiveGate module | Use instead |
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AWS monitoring | |
Azure monitoring | |
Cloud Foundry monitoring | |
Oracle database insights | |
VMware monitoring | |
Memory dumps | No successor solution |
Functionality available for ActiveGates running synthetic monitors from a private location
See Containerized, auto-scalable private Synthetic locations on Kubernetes in Classic.